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Somerville committee asks DPW to consult 'lights and lines' and Eversource after truck snags overhead wire
Summary
Committee members discussed a recent incident in Ward 7 where a garbage truck snagged an overhead wire and pulled it off a house; they asked DPW staff to consult the city's lights-and-lines crew and Eversource on clearance standards and mitigation steps.
Councilors raised a recent incident in Ward 7 during the Oct. 15 Public Utility & Public Works Committee meeting in which the top of a garbage truck snagged an overhead wire and left it hanging low from a house. Committee Chair Councilor Jesse Klingen described video of the incident and asked DPW to explore ways to prevent similar occurrences.
Klingen said the same truck route had passed…
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